Weatherize and Air Seal your building/home

Reducing the amount of air that leaks in and out of your home is a cost-effective way to cut heating and cooling costs, improve durability, increase comfort, and create a healthier indoor environment.  A great description of air sealing your home.

Insulate

Insulation in your home provides resistance to heat flow and lowers your heating and cooling costs. Properly insulating your home not only reduces heating and cooling costs, but also improves comfort.  A great description of insulating your building/home. 

Weatherization upgrade details

How to pay for it? 

• Rebates and incentives with Mass Save to do this work….

• Income based assistance to do this work….

Things to ask/think about for insulation/air sealing:

These are all things that you could be asking your energy specialist before signing up for insulation work. Any no-cost energy assessment would involve verifying these sorts of things, but they are not always communicated to the homeowner. 

• Is there a chance there is asbestos/vermiculite in my home (that would stop insulation improvements from happening?).  Make sure the attic floor boards are lifted up to see what is under them. 

• Is there a chance there is Knob and tube wiring in my home?

• Is the insulation going to cause new moisture problems?

• Do you need to cut any additional roof venting?

• How will that affect my roof warranty?

• What is the recourse if anything happens such as broken walls, siding, roof shingles, etc?

• After insulation work is completed, I am entitled to a 3rd party inspection. Who can I contact for a 3rd party inspection?

• Are there any issues with my gas burning appliances that would stop insulation work from happening?

• Is the insulation you're installing going to meet local building codes?

• Are there any home upgrades that I should consider doing BEFORE insulation work is completed?

Get a no-cost assessment with Homeworks* to begin!

If you have questions or need help
Fill out our google form and we will get back to you. 

Come see us in the community to ask questions. See our “Office Hours” calendar for where we will be.   

*The City of Beverly chose Homeworks as their preferred Home Performance Contractor.  Green Beverly has a close working relationship with Homeworks so we may be able to be helpful during the process  -  but you can use any Home Performance Contractor (they do the assessment and the work.)

Additional resources: 

Sustainable Middleborough- all about weatherization

Note: Green Beverly can't guarantee future savings